Detachable handle for frying-pans and other culinary vessels.



D. T. ABERGROMBIE.

DETAGHABLE HANDLE FOR FRYING FANS AND OTHER CULINARY VESSELS.

APPLIOATIONHLED JUNE 1'7, 1908.

Patented Apr. 20, 1909.

WITNESSES ATTORNEYS .nAvIn ABERoRoMBInor NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

DETACHABLE HANDLE FOR Specification of Letters Patent.

FRYING-PANS AND OTHER CULINARY VESSELS.

Patented April 20, 1909.

Application filed June it, 1908. Serial No. 438,953.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known thatI, DAVID T. ABERGROM- BIE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Newark, in the county of Essex and tate of New Jersey, have invented a new and Improved Detachable Handle for Frye ing- Pans and other Culinary Vessels, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved detachable handle for frying pans and other culinary ranged to permit of'securely attaching the handle to the vessel when using the latter for its legitimate purposes, and to allow quick removal of the handle from the vessel vessels, ar-

tor convenientshioain and storin our-' poses.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations'of the same, which will be more fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of the invention is represented in the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in

which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both views.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improvement as applied to a frying pan; and Fig. 2 is a perspective view of thesame, showing the handle detached.

The frying pan A is provided on the outer side of its rim with a fixed lug B for engagement by a plate C having an aperture 0 into which fits the lug B, the end C of the plate being adapted to pass under and hook onto the upturned lower end B of the lug B. The plate C terminates at its upper end in an angular extension 0 provided with a bearing D in which is mounted to turn loosely a bolt E having its wing nut E abutting against the under side of the extension C The upper end of the bolt E terminates in a returnbend E engage the inner side of the rim the upper end of the lug cated in Fig. 1.

The extension (1 duced end C having notches 0 extending into slot F formed at the inner end of the tubular member F of the handle, and on which tubular member is coiled a wire G A opposite B, as plainly indiengaging with its convolutions the notchesin the reduced end C to attach the ex adapted to.

is provided with a re- I The ends of the tubular member F are formed into outwardly-extending flanges F to engage the end convolutions of the wire G with a view to hold the wire against slipping off the tubular member F of the hand e.

By the arrangement described, the several parts of the handle are united in a very simple manner, and on unscrewing the wing E the bolt E can be given a quarter turn to disconnect the return bend E from the rim A, and to allow disengaging the apertured plateC from the lug 'B, thus detaching the handle from the frying pan or a like culinary vessel. When it is desired to apply the handle, it is only-necessary for the operator to hook the end C onto the upturned end B of the lug B, and to engage theaperture C with the lug, and then the operator turns the bolt E, so as to bring the return bend E in engagement with the inner side of the rim A, and then the operator screws up the wing nut E, to securely clamp the bolt in place on the rim A of the frying pan or other culinary vessel.

By. having the wire G coiled around the tubular member F of the handle, it is evident that the operator taking hold of the wire is protected against the heat imparted by the heated frying pan to the plate C and the member F, and, if desired, a stick may be passed into the outer open end of the tubular member F, to allow manipulating the pan by the use of the stick.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. In combination, a culinary vessel having a lug secured to the outer side of its rim and having an upturned end and a handle having an apertured plate for engagement with the said lug and its upturned end, a bearing 011 the said plate, and a clamping bolt held to turn in the said bearing and having a return bend .for engagement with the inner side of the said rim opposite the said lug.

2. In combination with a frying pan or like culinary vessel having a lug secured to the outer side of the rim of the vessel and provided with an upturned end, of a handle having a tubular member, an apertured plate secured to the said handle member and adapted to fit onto the said lug and to hook onto the said upturned end, and a clamping bolt held to turn loosely on the said plate and having a return bend for engaging the inside of the said rim.

3. In combination with a frying pan or like culinary vessel having a lug secured to the outer side of the rim of the vessel and provided with an upturned end, of a handle having a tubular member, provided at its inner end with a slot, an apertured plate having an angular notched extension engaging the said slot, the said apertured plate fitting the said lug and hooking onto the upturned end thereof, a clamping bolt mounted to turn on the said plate and having a return bend for engagement with the inner side of the said rim, and a wire coiled around the said tubular handle member and engaging the notches of the said plate extension to fasten the same in place on the handle member.

4. A detachable handle for frying pans and like culinary vessels, comprising a plate having an integral notched extension and means for engagement with the rim of the culinary vessel, a tubular handle member having a slot at one end for engagement by the said plate extension, and a wire coiled around the said tubular handle member and having its convolutions engaging the notches of the said plate extension to hold the plate in position in the said. tubular handle memher.

5. A detachable handle for trying pans and like culinary vessels, comprising a plate having an integral notched extension and means for engagement with the rim of the DAVID T. A ll ER (TR M Bl ll.

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